Brooklyn Children's Museum

We had a great outing to the Brooklyn Children's Museum with some of our friends today. For you history buffs out there, allegedly it was the first museum (established in 1899) specifically for children, in the world. I hoped it would be worth the effort and we were so glad that it was. In fact, it was one of the kids most joyful experiences yet!

The museum is set up brilliantly- it includes actual museum artifacts incorporated into a fun, interactive learning environment. The part they enjoyed most was the interaction between the different areas of a town which were connected to each other through phones. So that meant they were calling each other from the pizzaria, to the grocery store, from the travel agency to the mexican bakery. What kid doesn't like getting phone calls! There was just so much fun to be had, we were there for 4 hours and they could have stayed for much longer. The only regret is that I didn't go there sooner!